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, f I WIRE STRETOHBR. W 93 Patented June 26, 1883.

, UNITED [STATES PAT NT WILLIS o. nnnsnnw, or EAST HAMBURG, NEW YORK.

WlRE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION gforming part of Letters Patent No. 279,948, dated June26, 1883.

Application filed February 26, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLis G. HENSHAW, a citizen of'the United Statesof America, rcsiding at East Hamburg, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\Vire'Stretchers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This device is principally for stretching barbed fence-wire, to fastenit tautly to the postjand theinventien consists in its simple,v

construction and application, as fully hereinafter explained;

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan showing the device applied to apost; Fig. 2, an end view of the clamping device removed from'the otherparts.

A represents a common crank-handle fastened to the end of alongscrew-rod or bar, 15, this bar working through and in the head 0 of aclamping arm or arms, a a, which is of sufiicient length one side of thepost or pole D, as in Fig. 1. At the ends of the arms a is fastened ashort chain, b, terminating in a hook or grapple, b, which catches intothe post, as shown. The greater the strain the tighter it holds. Thisgives the whole clamping device. If the post is small, the chain b is.taken up one or more links by merely taking out and resetting the pin'or bolt 0. The clamp G a is made, usually, with a depression at a, nearthe upper part, as in Fig.1, to more securely hold orv clamp said post,though it is not indispensable. On

to embrace or partly inclose.

the end of screw-rod B is a swivel, d, termi-, nating in a hook orgripe, d, which holds the wire while being drawn taut by the turning ofthe crank-handle A. This gives a direct and straight draft on the wire,and when drawn to the post is there secured by staples, &c., as isusual.v This comprises the whole description of and working of mydevice. It does away with levers, ratchets, ropes, hinged grappling orclamping irons, &e.,'such as are now used. '45

I am acquainted with a patent which has a forked arm or. lever, 1o-attaeh to the post, and coiling a. rope (attached to the wire) aroundan arbor provided with a handle and threads, and other appliancesconnected therewith; such I do not claim.

I claim-- In a wire-stretcher, the combination of the wire-stretchingscrew-threaded rod B, having the crank-handle A at one end and theswivel hookor gripe d d at the other, withthe screwthreaded clamping-arm0, through which the rod B works, having a shoulder, a, to fit over thecorner of the post, and a rigid extension, a, provided at the outer endwith the chain 6 and hook b, all substantially as and for the, purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, this 7th day of I in presenceof two witnesses, February, 1883.

'TILLIS C. HENSHAW.

Witnesses 2 J. R. DRAKE, T. H. PARSONS;

